Archbishop Eamon Martin has called on anyone who has information on where the remains of Joe Lynskey, Columba McVeigh, Robert Nairac and Seamus Ruddy are buried to tell the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains (ICLVR).

Archbishop Martin was speaking at the annual Palm Sunday Mass in Armagh where the families of the Disappeared come together to give thanks for the return of loved ones remains and to pray for those who have yet to be found.

As well as the families of the Disappeared the Mass was attended by the British and Irish Commissioners Sir Ken Bloomfield and Frank Murray. 

Archbishop Martin said: “I appeal to the conscience of anyone who has information that might help find the others to come forward to the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains, so that, even at this late stage, the remaining families can experience the consolation of being able to offer a Christian burial to their loved ones”

Sandra Peake,CEO of the WAVE Trauma Centre which supports the families of the Disappeared said:

"The pain of losing a loved one to a violent death is hard to bear. To have that pain immeasurably compounded by not knowing where they are buried is more cruel than words can describe.

In the last year the remains of Kevin McKee and Seamus Wright have been found after more than 40 years since they were taken from their families.

There is a process in place to find the bodies and return them to their families for a Christian burial.

It works with absolutely no risk to those who engage with it.

The suffering of these families can be ended.

If there is anyone with information who has yet to speak to the ICLVR we plead with them to do it now”.

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